Never submit an idea or chapter to an editor or publisher, no matter how much he would like you to. Writing from… — John Creasey Copy Share Image
My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's actually what I aspired to be. — Anne M. Mulcahy Copy Share Image
America is full of readers of all different sorts who love books in many different ways, and I keep meeting them. And… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
I'm so used to being separate from the publication process. I turn in the book to the editor and then I'm done. — Hilary Liftin Copy Share Image
Writing doesn't come real easy to me. I couldn't write a novel in a year. It wouldn't be readable. I don't let… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act… — David Chase Copy Share Image
When my editors and I at 'Rolling Stone' came up with the idea to do a profile of General McChrystal, I simply… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
The editor of a newspaper cannot be independent, but must work with one hand tied behind him by party and patrons, and… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The natural creativity of the staff morphed 'The Daily Beast' very fast into what has become a newsroom. Aggregation lives on the… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
There's never any humongous next draft. I know a writer who every time he finished a novel - you would know his… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Most of the writers I know have somehow managed to stay in touch with that inner child who's never heard of such… — JoAnn Ross Copy Share Image
The most important job of an editor is simplify, simplify simplify, and that usually means omitting things. — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
I have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
A photographer needs to be a good editor of negatives and prints! In fact, most of the prints I make are for… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Frequently, an author gets "orphaned" at a publisher. What this means is that an editor buys their book, then ends up getting… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
MAD FREE is simply described as "Liberating Conversations with Revolutionary Women about Beauty, Image and Power". It began as a Salon series… — Michaela Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Editors are constantly on the watch to discover new talents in old names. — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are incorruptible. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I love my editor, but that would be the definition of hell to me to live with someone and have them go… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I can be a fairly hands-on editor, and when I'm editing someone I feel intensely invested in that writer and her work.… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
A whole bunch of agents and editors looked at my stories, and they all said, in effect, 'You're a pretty good writer… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
That shot in "Into the Inferno" somehow popped up while my editor and I were viewing the footage. I immediately said, "That… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
